proseamongstthorns's reviews
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A 3 star for me means it’s a solid read.

I enjoyed this one, but it didn’t blow me away. It was very similar to Amari and the Night Brothers, but I felt it moved a little too quickly to really get me invested from the start. 

Still, this was great fun and a fab audiobook. 

I enjoyed this, but it felt very surface level. I wanted it to delve deeper than similar case studies. 

‘A Language of Dragons’ by S.F Williamson is a freaking masterpiece! Dark(ish) academia meets Bletchley Park meets… dragons?

Vivian Featherswallow is a really interesting protagonist. She’s ambitious and knows what she wants - study dragon languages and be the youngest to do it. And then her parents are arrested for treason and her priorities shift. She ends up taking a ‘mysterious’ job and her life and the lives of her family are literally on the line!

In this world, dragons and humans live alongside each other in a London where humans are split into three classes and can never mix. I found the world building really powerful and so interesting so learn about the segregation at play.

And we have such diverse characters with really unique motivations. We meet some actual rebels and Viv’s world view is really challenged. She has a lot of tough decisions to make and unlike in so many books she actually really thinks about them.

This was just fun! (Apart from the ending, I’m not sure if I’ll ever forgive Williamson for that.) Relationships are done so well here. This is a must for fantasy, academia and dragon fans. It’s a love letter to languages and translating.

It’s beautiful. Why is Pulley’s writing so perfect? I mean, if I had a fraction of her writing ability I’d be flying. 

Another banger. I cannot yet form words about this.

I laughed, I cried, I shipped too hard. Pulley always created these weird little characters that are so lovable, you want to reach in and hug them. Then writes romances that are just too good.

This is kind of forced marriage, with kind of enemies-to-lovers on Mars and there’s Mammoths. Add weird and wonderful animal sidekicks to the list of Things Pulley excels at™️.

Pulley never, ever misses. 

loooved this! Definitely going to try to pick up more in this series!

In the beginning, I didn't like this book. I didn't understand the world I was thrown into or what was motivating any of our characters. Slowly, I was sucked into this world though.

I can't say I loved the book, but there's a feeling of abjection here - you can't resist reading more of this collapsing world. And you're pretty certain things aren't going to end well. 

The sapphic rep was a welcome surprise and I enjoyed that female characters really drove the plot here. I'd have liked to see more of what happened after leaving the Land of Milk and Honey.

Grasby is such an interesting detective and it’s so fun returning to his stories. This is becoming a Christmas tradition for me, such a fun way to explore a series.